DiCaprio confirms plans to play Hoover

LOS ANGELES, July 2 (UPI) -- Actor Leonardo DiCaprio has confirmed reports that he is in talks to play J. Edgar Hoover, the first director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.

"I'm talking to (writer-director-producer-actor) Clint Eastwood about playing J. Edgar Hoover, who had his hand in some of the most, sort of, scandalous events in American history, everything from the Viet Nam War and Dillinger to Martin Luther King and JFK. It's about the secret life of Hoover," the actor told reporters at a recent Los Angeles news conference promoting his new film "Inception."

Asked if he expects to wear women's clothing in the film as Hoover was rumored to have done in real life, the 35-year-old actor replied: "Not as of yet. We haven't done the fittings for those yet. So, I don't think so, but it's going to span his life."